incorrupt

incorrupt
incorruptly, adv.incorruptness, n.
/in'keuh rupt"/, adj.
1. not corrupt; not debased or perverted; morally upright.
2. not to be corrupted; incorruptible.
3. not vitiated by errors or alterations.
4. Obs. free from decomposition or putrefaction.
Also, incorrupted.
[1300-50; ME < L incorruptus unspoiled. See IN-3 + CORRUPT]

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